Portfolio

There are a host of reasons why emerging market debt has been looking sweeter to investors.

Mainstay Investments has augmented its alternatives offerings with two hedge fund-of-funds.

BlackRock has named Russ Koesterich as Chief Investment Strategist, responsible for communicating the firm’s investment strategy and perspective on the markets and economy to investors and financial advisors.

Charles Schwab has announced yet another new solution for companies to improve their business operations.

Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. has expanded its capabilities as a retirement services provider.

Nationwide Funds Group has merged the UBS High Yield Fund and UBS Global Equity Fund into the Nationwide High Yield Bond Fund and the Nationwide Global Equity Fund, giving Nationwide some $183 million in new assets.

PIMCO is looking to launch the an emerging markets bond fund sometime in the first quarter of 2013.

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The post-election rout in U.S. stocks has driven the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down so far that it would have to advance 26 percent to reach the valuation of bull markets since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.

“After years of recommending tax deferral, I’m suggesting accelerating tax payments,” Dean Mioli, director of investment planning for the SEI Advisor Network, told Financial Planning. “I’m not advocating this for every taxpayer, but it can make sense in some cases.”